Fusion Tables is fastest because Google stores and indexes the data. KML is not necessarily as fast because Google must fetch your KML - if your KML server is slow or sets poor cache headers this adds latency. But both KML and Fusion Tables render as image tiles which is faster than browser rendering.
Both KML and Fusion Tables load the infowindow content on click, so the initial download is minimal. You can do this yourself with "AJAX" techniques so that your page load is fast. But this won't speed up marker rendering, just the page load. - Ben On 8 Dec 2010 08:56, "Ryan Wood" <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you recommend that I instead use KML? > > Here is a tutorial I can use? http://code.google.com/apis/kml/articles/phpmysqlkml.html > > On Dec 7, 4:42 pm, Ben Appleton <[email protected]> wrote: >> Fusion Tables (and KML) are rendered as image tiles by a Google server, >> precisely to be as fast as you observe. v3 markers are rendered in the >> browser, so the speed depends on the browser. >> >> You can speed up marker rendering by setting 'clickable' false (removes DOM >> click targets) and 'flat' true (hides shadows). I seem to recall these >> double marker rendering speed. >> >> You can also use a marker manager to cluster markers so that fewer are shown >> at once. They can all be seen when you zoom in. >> >> You could also try a fast browser such as Safari or Chrome, which are both >> based on the (fast) WebKit rendering engine. >> >> - Ben >> On 8 Dec 2010 08:31, "Ryan Wood" <[email protected]> wrote: > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]<google-maps-js-api-v3%[email protected]> . > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
